Deaths

[A listing of deaths of which word has been receivedwithin the past month. Full notices may appear in thisissue or may appear in a later number]

Bouton, Tilton C. H. '78, October 24, 1948 Burke, Wilfred I. '01, September 28, 1948 Gibbons, Edward F. '01, October 6, 1948 Dalrymple, George E. '07, October 9, 1948 Erhard, Emile H. '09, October 2, 1948 Simpson, Randolph '09, October 9, 1948 Norby, Charles W. '17, October 15, 1948 Davidson, Lucius H. '19, October 18, 1948 Anderson, Robert D. '24, July 19, 1948 Brisbin, Willsie E. '29, November 15, 1948 Waterman, Paul '29, October 24, 1948 Ellis, Bowman S. '33, October 31, 1948 Fernald, John S. '34, September 22, 1948

In Memoriam

1878

REV. TILTON CLARK HALL BOUTON, one of the three surviving members of the Class of 1878, and fifth on the list of oldest living graduates, died at his home in St. Petersburg, Fla. on October 24.

He was born in Chitago, November 2, 1856, the son of Samuel Fletcher and Ann Louisa (Hall) Bouton. He prepared for college at Kimball Union Academy and entered the class in the sophomore year. After graduation he entered Andover Theological Seminary from which he was graduated in 1881.

He held Congregational pastorates in Dunbarton, Hopkinton and Deerfield, N. H. and in Chelmsford, Mass. until 1920 when he retired and made his home in St. Petersburg. Since 1881 he had kept his membership in the Merrimack County Association of Congregational Ministers, of which his grandfather was a member for more than half a century.

An enthusiastic archer he was frequently called on to lecture on the "royal sport of archery." Astronomy, however, was his real avocation and he was widely known as a distinguished amateur astronomer. In 1936 he received from Prof. Harlow Shapley of Harvard the Merit Award from the American Association of Variable Star Observers in recognition of his work in the field. By 1940 he had made 25,000 observations, most of these made with a 7-inch telescope in a home-made observatory. He was a member of the American Astronomical Society, American Association of Variable Star Observers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was a life member of the N. H. Antiquarian Society.

On June 30, 1881 in East Boston, Mass. he was married to Annie Sidney Whitehouse who died in 1923. He is survived by a son, Fletcher P. Bouton of St. Petersburg and several grand children.

1889

HENRY PATTERSON BLAIR died October 3 at the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in Washington, D. C. He was the son of the late United States senator from New Hampshire, Henry William Blair, and Eliza Ann Nelson and was born in Plymouth, N. H., December 8, 1867. He prepared for college in the public schools and at Rittenhouse Academy of Washington, D. C., and at Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth with the class of 1889 with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

Following graduation he served as clerk of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor in Washington, during which time he studied law at the Law School of Columbia (now George Washington) University, from which he graduated in 1892. He later served successively on the faculty of each school, resigning in 1909 to give full time to his law work and a wide range of civic and philanthropic activities.

In 1894 he became associated with Henry Wise Garnett in the practice of law, upon whose death in 1896 he formed a partnership with Corcoran Thom, which continued until 1909 when the latter became president of the American Security and Trust Company. He was assistant corporation counsel of Washington from 1904 to 1909, and from 1910 to 1916 he was a member of the Board of Education, serving as its president the last three of those years. In 1914 he became president of the Equitable Life Insurance Company of Washington, D. C., an office he held the rest of his life. Since the death five years ago of Allan C. Clark, organizer and secretary of the insurance company, he had been administering the business of the company whose assets had increased from under $500,000, when he became president, to nearly $40,000,000, when he died.

Henry Blair gave himself in unselfish service to his church and community for more than half a century. He went quietly about doing good, identifying himself with almost every movement in Washington which had to do with boy life and the relief of human suffering. Many men and boys could tell of the fine things he did for them personally the financial help, the encouragement—that made it possible for them to become worthy, outstanding members of the community, but these deeds of kindness went unrecorded. He shunned publicity to such an extent that relatively little concerning his philanthropies ever appeared in print.

He was a member of the original committee set up to determine the feasibility of prepayment hospital service for Washington. He drafted the articles of incorporation for Group Hospitalization, Inc., as well as its original subscriber service contracts. He did this as a volunteer community service in behalf of a non-profit organization, and served as a member of the board tronrMarch, 1933 until July, 1937. The group hospitalization movement, of which he was one of the motivators, now has 375,000 subscribers in Washington.

In 1897 he was one of the original incorporators, and drew the charter, o£ the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, at which he died. He was a trustee from date of its organization until his death. Since 1925 he had been first vice president of the board and chairman of the Executive Committee, thereby assuming the administrative responsibility for the institution, of which the Episcopal Bishop of Washington is the president. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Columbia Hospital for many years, and had been active in the affairs of the Hospital Council in Washington. Last September, after he became a patient in the hospital, honorary membership in the American Hospital Association was conferred upon him in recognition of his outstanding contributions to hospitals in the national capital.

He was an originator o£ the District Boy Scout Board, and was instrumental in the founding of the Boy Scouts' national movement in this country. Last June he was named president emeritus of the Board of Directors of Friendship House, on his retirement as president, after serving since 1912. He was one of the pioneer workers of the Community Chest movement in Washington and one of its originators; also a member of the Board of Trade. He was one of the founders and incorporators of the University Club in Washington, a life member, and 20 years its treasurer.

When twelve years old, his father then being a member of Congress, he came to Washington. Five years later when the choir of men and boys at St. Mark's Episcopal Church first was organized he became a member of it. For some 50 years he sang bass in the choir, and rarely was absent from church services, vestry meetings or choir rehearsals. He had served on the vestry since 1906—as parish registrar from 1909 to 1914 and as parish treasurer from 1916 until his death. When the executive council of the diocese of Washington Was created in 1926, he became its first vice president. He served on the council until 1945, and in recent years as chairman of the diocesan department of finance. He was a member of the American Bar Association, the District Bar Association, and was on the Board of Managers of the Columbia Historical Society.

A member of Alpha Delta Phi and Casque and Gauntlet, he served as a member of the Dartmouth Alumni Council from 1913 to 1920. In early days he served as '89's class agent for the Alumni Fund; in recent years and until his death as class president.

Right Reverend Angus Dun, Episcopal Bishop of Washington, conducted the funeral services at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, assisted by Rev. Robert J. Plumb, Rector of St. Mark's and the Rev. G. Freeland Peter. A floral tribute from his classmates at Dartmouth bespoke their deep bereavement and affectionate regard for his memory. A bachelor, his nearest survivors are thirteen cousins. Burial was in New Hampshire, near his native town of Plymouth.

R.S.B.

1901

JAMES -RISON FONES passed away June 6, in Santa Monica, Calif. He had long been afflicted with a serious heart condition and for the past eight years had been closely confined to his home.

"Jimmie" Fones was born January 11, 1879, in Little Rock, Ark. He was educated in the public schools and after graduating from Little Rock Academy entered Dartmouth in the fall of 1897. He was only in college with us freshman year but while there was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. A great lover of out-door life, he was a candidate for the track team and was always interested in bicycling.

After leaving Hanover he returned to Little Rock, where his family had long been connected with several business enterprises. He became president of the Fones Hardware Company and was also interested in an ice company as well as the local street railway.

In 1911 he went to Santa Monica and was one of the early automobile dealers in that city. He is survived by his wife the former Marguerite Miller of Little Rock, and a daughter.

1902

LABURTON GALE CILLEY died at the Exeter, N. H., Hospital on May 20.

He was born September 25, 1880, in Kingston, N. H. and graduated from Sanborn Seminary, where he was president of his class. Entering Dartmouth with the Class of 1902, he left at the end of freshman year to go into business as a salesman in the shoe business. Remaining in this business all his life, he made his home in Kingston.

He was greatly respected in his home town, serving as town clerk and as a member of the Board of Selectmen. An obituary in the Exeter News Letter says of him "He was always ready to help everyone in time of trouble and never spoke ill of anyone."

He is survived by his widow, the former Elizabeth McLern and by a son Donald, and a daughter Mrs. William Wilson Jr.

1904

PAUL GORDON FAVOUR died at his home in Laguna Beach, Calif, on May 30.

Paul was born in Lowell, Mass. April 7, 1883, the son of William Aaron and Harriet (Thompson) Favour. In college he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity and was active in the musical organizations.

In 1908 Paul graduated with the degree of S.T.B. from Andover Theological Seminary and was ordained in the Congregational ministry. He held pastorates in Littleton and Somerville, Mass. and Farmington, Maine until 1918. He was admitted to priest's orders in the Episcopal Church in 1919 and in 1920 became Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in New Rochelle, N. Y. and remained there until 1936 when he became Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Presque Isle, Maine and Missionary of Aroostook County. He retired in 1939 due to ill health and moved to California.

In 1926 Paul was appointed International Preacher to represent the Episcopal Church in England, Scotland and Ireland. He preached at cathedrals in England and Scotland and was given-the honorary degree of D.D. by Dublin University in Ireland.

During World War I Paul served as Ist Lt. and Chaplain of the 42nd Infantry. During World War II he was called back to the active ministry and became vicar of St. Clement's Church in San Clemente, Calif, and also served as personnel counsel for Reeves Rubber, Inc., Aircraft Division.

Paul was married August 26, 1908 in Leicester, Mass. to Gail Smith who survives him with their sons Paul Gordon Jr. and John Wilder Favour, Dartmouth '36, and their daughter Mrs. Harold Carmichael.

Funeral services for Paul were conducted by the Rev. Alfred Tennyson in St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Laguna. The class was represented by "Parson" and Mrs. Hill and "Bob" and Mrs. Fiske who reported the church crowded even to the small back room used for Sunday School. Paul evidently was a greatly beloved clergyman.

1907

GEORGE EMERSON DALYRYMPLE died at his home in Haverhill, Mass., on October 9 at the age of 65. George was educated in the Haverhill public schools, Colby Academy, Dartmouth and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

For 25 years he was affiliated with the Allied Shoe Industry in various capacities. In 1927 he was made a member of the Board of Park Commissioners and he served as Mayor of Haverhill for three two-year terms from 1933 through 1938, during part of which time he was president of the Massachusetts Mayor's Club. In addition to other political and civic responsibilities undertaken during the course of his career, George was active in Masonic circles.

He is survived by his wife, the former Cora Atwood and a brother, Horace Dalrymple of Andover.

1908

HARLAN PAGE SANBORN died of a heart attack in Montreal, Canada on September 2. Pug, as he was affectionately known to his classmates, was conducting an educational tour when he was stricken. He had been conducting such historical tours for educational groups for a number of years following his earlier profession as teacher and athletic coach in McKinley and Eastern High Schools in Washington, which position he took in 1924. Earlier, he taught romance languages and coached football, basketball, and baseball at Green Briar Military Academy in Louisburg, W. Va., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Woodbury Forest School for Boys, and Asheville School for Boys.

During the first World War, Pug was a ist Lieutenant serving in France, and in July, 1942, he again entered the service as a Captain in the Ordnance Department. In November, 1945, he was promoted to the rank of Major serving as ordnance officer at various air corps posts for four years.

Harlan was born in Wakefield, N. H., November 10, 1889, the son of Ella (Grant) and John I. Sanborn. He was educated at Brewster Free Academy, graduated with our class at Dartmouth, and took a year of graduate work at George Washington University. He was a Mason, a member of the Acca Temple Shrine in Richmond, Va., Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, and Sigma Nu Fraternity.

On June 18, 1923, he was married to Martha A. Lawton and had two daughters, Joan L. Sanborn and Mrs. James D. Appel.

Funeral services were held in Fort Myer Chapel, and burial was in the Arlington Cemetery.

1909

EMILE ERHARD died on October 2, at his home in Pasadena, Calif.

As an undergraduate he was a class officer, a varsity hockey player, member of the Aegis Board, D. K. E., Sphinx and Palaeopitus and was easily one of the leading men in the class, noted for his friendliness.

Upon graduating from college, he entered the textile business, and after an apprenticeship of a few years in various mills in different parts of the country, he joined the Stafford Company in Readville, Mass., manufacturers of weaving machinery where he was Works Manager and Vice-President. He remained with this concern until it was liquidated in 1932. Then he joined the Draper Corporation at Hopedale, Mass., from which organization he retired in 1939, and moved to California. At the outbreak of the war, when Lockheed Aircraft Corporation needed men with his training, he joined forces with them, supposedly only for the duration, but as a matter of fact he remained with them until he died.

He was something of an inventive genius, having designed several labor saving devices as well as weaving machinery. He had an unusual ability for handling labor, and his ability to earn cooperation and loyal support was a tremendous asset to him in his business. His chief sporting activities after graduation were hunting and fishing.

He leaves his widow* Mrs. Leonie N. Er- hard; a son, George C. Erhard '3B of Pasadena; a daughter, Mrs. Madeline E. Scott, and a grandson, Richard S. Scott Jr., of Shanghai, China.

RANDOLPH SIMPSON died on October 9 at his home in Portland, Oregon, after an illness of several weeks. Born in Cambridge, Mass., he was graduated from Milford High School, Milford, Mass. Shortly after leaving college, he moved to Portland and was in charge of the metallurgical and melting departments of the Electric Steel Foundry Company of Portland for the last twenty-eight years.

In Portland, he was a member of Albert Pike Lodge No. 162, F&AM, Al Kader Shrine and Knight Templar.

Surviving him are his widow, Roberta; his mother, Mrs. John Moore of Portland; three sisters and two brothers.

As an undergraduate, he was rather quiet and retiring, associating largely with a small group of close friends. He became a substantial citizen, was prominent in the affairs of the Dartmouth Association of Oregon, a loyal Dartmouth man and a credit to his community.

1917

CHARLES WILMOT NORBY died on October 15 at the Greenwich, Conn. Hospital after a brief illness.

Chuck was bom in Lynn, Mass. April 5, 1895, the son of Charles O. and Ida (Furbush) Norby. He prepared for college at Lynn English High School. In college he was a member of Theta Delta Chi.

Leaving college to enter the service Chuck entered the R.O.T.C. at Plattsburg on May 12, 1917. He was commissioned 2nd Lt. and went overseas on September 10. He served with the A.E.F. until July 9, 1919. Soon after the outbreak of World War II he went back into the service as a Captain in the Army Air Forces. He was promoted to Major and served in Africa and at various fields in this country until his discharge in October, 1944.

Chuck had a varied business career. He had been associated at various times with the American Radiator Co., the Thrush Co., Wm. Knabe & Co., Hammond Instrument Co. At the time of his death he was a manufacturer's agent for heating and plumbing equipment.

He is survived by his widow Agnes HarpeNorby. Funeral services were conducted inGreenwich and burial was in Pine GroveCemetery, Lynn, Mass.

1919

It is the sad duty of your secretary to reportthe passing of our classmate Lucius HENRY DAVIDSON. Hal died suddenly in the NewRochelle, N. Y., Hospital on October 18 at theage of 53.

Born in Great Village, N.S., a son of Alfred E. and iMaria (Hill) Davidson, Hal entered college with our class and left in 1917 toserve in France and Italy with the DartmouthVolunteer Ambulance Unit and later wascommissioned in the French Cavalry. In 1919he joined the scaffolding companies in LongIsland City which his father helped found,and became an engineering expert in the useof giant scaffoldings on such buildings as theEmpire State Building, St. Patrick's Cathedraland the Grand Central Terminal.

He was president of the Wykagyl Park Association of New Rochelle, a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church, and a former President of the Men's Club. Hal was a member of the Dartmouth Club of N. Y.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Grace Hepburn Davidson; a son Robert M. a student at the University of Vermont, two daughters, Meredith H., a student at Mount Holyoke, and Margaret L., of New Rochelle; two brothers Frederic A. '14 of New Rochelle, and Alfred E. '22 of Evanston, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs. Roswell C. Parker and Miss C. Louise Davidson of New Rochelle.

Hal was a loyal Dartmouth man and '19er. He will be missed by all of us.

1927

THERON HERSCHEL GOODSPEED JR. died in La Jolla, Calif, on June 29.

He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich. February 5, 1904, the son of Theron H. and Edith (Champion) Goodspeed. He prepared for college at Peddie School. He remained with our class only one year and then transferred to the University of Michigan.

He had made his home in Grand Rapids until forced to move to California a few years ago, due to ill health. In Grand Rapids he was a director of Citizens Industrial Bank, and Kent Storage Co; vice-president of the Pantlind Hotel Corp. and president of the Westworth Corp. which held extensive realty interests in Michigan and Texas.

He is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Uridge and a daughter Mari Jane and by his mother.

1934

JOHN SUMNER FERNALD died suddenly of a heart attack on September 22, while visiting the home of his mother in Milton, Mass.

Jack was born in Concord, Mass. on May 13, 1911, the son of Guy Fernald '93 and Alice Manning, and was graduated from Concord High School in 1930. At college he was a member of Alpha Chi Rho and majored in chemistry which was to become his life work. For several years he was a chemist with Lever Bros, in Cambridge. During the war he worked in that capacity for Raytheon Co.

Jack was a member of the Continental Color Guard, Mass. Society, Sons of the American Revolution and the Coast Guard Reserve, and resided in Milton.

In addition to his wife, the former Rachel Aldrich, Jack is survived by his mother and an uncle.

Dartmouth and the Class of 1934 have lost a respected and loyal son.

1948

JOHN HENRY METZGER died August 29 in the Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident near Bradford, Vt.

Jack was born in Leeper, Pa. August 6, 1925 the son of Norbert O. and Evelyn (Walter) Metzger. He prepared for college at high schools in Hickory and Sharon, Pa.

Jack came to Dartmouth as a Marine in the V-12 unit and was here from November, 1944 to April 1946, when he was discharged and entered college as a civilian. As a Corporal he had served with the Marines in the Pacific theatre.

Jack was a member of Delta Upsilon and had been working this summer at Union Village, Vt. for Gallo Construction Co.

He is survived by his mother, now living in Compton, Calif, and by a brother and sister.

TILTON CLARK HALL BOUTON '78

HENRY PATTERSON BLAIR